definitely by a Brit, mentioned one of the tabloid newspapers (query Sun),
apart from that I have little recollection apart from was in a very slim book... i read it at leat 10 years ago but i realise not everything in print is available on t'web but ...
i know not a lot of use ! apologies

from very poor memory the poem is along the lines of a Brit squaddie sent to the SA, missing his family though believes he is doing the right thing 'did you see me on the news', died in action, and how are the family dealing with the operation.

Strangely I dont remember the prose as being regretful but ... other people may view it differently